Shaping the Future of Research: a perspective from junior scientists

Gary S. McDowell, Kearney T. W. Gunsalus, Drew C. MacKellar, Sarah A. Mazzilli, Vaibhav P. Pai, Patricia R. Goodwin, Erica M. Walsh, Avi Robinson-Mosher, Thomas A. Bowman, James Kraemer, Marcella L. Erb, Eldi Schoenfeld (+6 others)
2014 F1000Research  
The landscape of scientific research and funding is in flux as a result of tight budgets, evolving models of both publishing and evaluation, and questions about training and workforce stability. As future leaders, junior scientists are uniquely poised to shape the culture and practice of science in response to these challenges. A group of postdocs in the Boston area who are invested in improving the scientific endeavor, planned a symposium held on October 2 and 3 , 2014, as a way to join the
more » ... cussion about the future of US biomedical research. Here we present a report of the proceedings of participant-driven workshops and the organizers' synthesis of the outcomes.
doi:10.12688/f1000research.5878.1 fatcat:rqkcdxgjzne7lcttqrbfd4acmq